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...expensive. Of course, the Sugar Association has a keen financial interest in the sweetener question because its members do not make the corn syrup that is now used in most soft drinks. The decision by beverage companies to switch sweeteners is one reason why per capita sugar consumption has fallen by some 26% since...
Whatever the would-be Rockne told the players must have fallen short of "We're going inside 'em, we're going outside 'em, inside 'em, outside 'em," because the final score was 11-3. Thereafter the alumni kept to the grandstands, but Faust could hear them muttering. "It's a unique place," he says without detectable irony. "The support I've gotten has just been unbelievable. I love the place and I love the people." And, as long as he is definitely leaving, they are of a mind now to love him too. Immediately, a 25th Notre Dame football coach...
Your article "The Man with the Golden Helmet" [ESSAY, Dec. 16] brings to mind the expression, What's in a name? Obviously a great deal, since the renowned and "priceless" work by Rembrandt has fallen to one-twentieth of its previous value. One should ask, "What is in art?" A name? Stephen G. Schulhoff Baltimore...
...Shanghai, once considered China's most progressive and cosmopolitan city, has fallen behind Peking, Canton and even Chongqing and Shenzhen in embracing the reforms. Shenzhen has set up more joint ventures (150, in contrast to Shanghai's 90), while Canton, one-third Shanghai's size, has more private enterprises (100,000 vs. 90,000). At this rate, Shanghai is in danger of losing its traditional role as the commercial and industrial hub of China. "There is an evident lack of creativity and drive," complains a middle-level city official. "We may have been safe and steady, but the pace...
Since 1981, however, the standard of living has fallen about 6% as inflation, currently running at 10% annually, has eaten into the purchasing power of stagnating wages. The slowdown exposes the limitations of Hungary's miracle. The economy remains dominated by state-owned companies that still look disturbingly similar to the ossified factories of its East bloc neighbors. Productivity is woefully low. Says Economist Berend: "Sometimes it seems that we have ended up with the worst of a planned economy and the worst of a market...